ukactive and the Sport and Recreation Alliance have joined forces to help national governing bodies (NGBs) of sport understand the public health agenda and the importance of supporting inactive members of the community to participate.

Today's media reports that a London council is considering whether to link exercise on prescription at its leisure centres to welfare payments, as one of a number of recommendations in a report published in conjunction with the Local Government Information Unit.

ukactive members Nuffield Health have launched a campaign to build awareness of gym etiquette, producing the Guide to Fitness Etiquette in response to what they believe to be low standards of hygiene in communal fitness areas.